couples.csv

Description

This dataset contains a sample of heterosexual married couples.

Variables

Rows: 201
Columns: 5
$ Names   <chr> "John and Judy", "Carl and Kathryn", "Craig and Jackie", "Larr…
$ wAge    <dbl> 43, 28, 30, 57, 52, 27, 52, NA, 43, 23, 25, 39, 32, NA, 35, 33…
$ hAge    <dbl> 49, 25, 40, 52, 58, 32, 43, 42, 47, 31, 26, 40, 35, 45, 35, 35…
$ wHeight <dbl> 1590, 1560, 1620, 1540, 1420, 1660, 1610, 1635, 1580, 1610, 15…
$ hHeight <dbl> 1809, 1841, 1659, 1779, 1616, 1695, 1730, 1753, 1740, 1685, 17…
# A tibble: 6 × 5
  Names              wAge  hAge wHeight hHeight
  <chr>             <dbl> <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>
1 John and Judy        43    49    1590    1809
2 Carl and Kathryn     28    25    1560    1841
3 Craig and Jackie     30    40    1620    1659
4 Larry and Susan      57    52    1540    1779
5 Scott and Susan      52    58    1420    1616
6 John and Margaret    27    32    1660    1695

References

Source: https://dasl.datadescription.com/datafile/couples/

Chalabi, M. (2014, December 4). How Common Is It For A Man To Be Shorter Than His Partner? [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-common-is-it-for-a-man-to-be-shorter-than-his-partner/

Chalabi, M. (2015, January 22). What’s The Average Age Difference In A Couple? [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/whats-the-average-age-difference-in-a-couple/

Stulp G, Buunk AP, Pollet TV, Nettle D, Verhulst S (2013) Are Human Mating Preferences with Respect to Height Reflected in Actual Pairings?. PLOS ONE 8(1): e54186. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054186